In honour of the late Jim Marshall OBE

Jim Marshall OBE, Founder and Chairman of Marshall Amplification plc, will forever live on in our memories as a man who lived life to the fullest and created one of the worlds most recognised brands in music. This site celebrates Jim's long and illustrious life.

Jim’s ascent into the history books as ‘the Father of Loud’ and the
man responsible for the 'Sound of Rock’ is a true rags to riches tale.
Cruelly robbed of his youth by tubercular bones, Jim rose to become one
of the four forefathers responsible for creating the tools that allowed
rock guitar as we know and love it today to be born. The ground breaking
quartet also includes the late, great trio of Leo Fender, Les Paul and
Seth Lover – together with Jim, they truly are the cornerstones of all
things rock.

In addition to the creation of the amps chosen by countless guitar
heroes and game changing bands, Jim was also an incredibly humble and
generous man who, over the past several decades, has quietly donated
many millions of pounds to worthy causes.

While the entire Marshall Amplification family mourns Jim’s passing
and will miss him tremendously, we all feel richer for having known him
and are happy in the knowledge that he is now in a much better place
which has just got a whole lot louder!

Rest in peace & thank you Jim.

Your memory; the music and joy your amps have brought to countless
millions for the past five decades; and that world-famous, omnipresent
script logo that proudly bears your name will always live on.